Usually means: Organism that kills host, developing inside.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. parasitoid: Merriam-Webster
  2. parasitoid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parasitoid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parasitoid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Parasitoid, parasitoid: Wordnik
  6. parasitoid: Wiktionary
  7. parasitoid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. parasitoid: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. parasitoid: Dictionary.com
  10. Parasitoid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. parasitoid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. parasitoid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. parasitoid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. parasitoid: Medical dictionary

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  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Biological Control (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parasitoid)

▸ noun:  Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.

Similar:
alloparasitoid, hyperparasite, semiparasite, hyperparasitoid, necrotroph, alloparasite, entomoparasite, epiparasite, mesoparasite, holoparasite, more...

Opposite:
host, predator, symbiote, mutualist

Phrases:
Parasitoid wasp, more...

Adjectives:
larval, female, primary, gregarious, pupal, host, important, solitary, common, tachinid, exotic

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Similar:
alloparasitoid, hyperparasite, semiparasite, hyperparasitoid, necrotroph, alloparasite, entomoparasite, epiparasite, mesoparasite, holoparasite, more...

Opposite:
host, predator, symbiote, mutualist

Phrases:
Parasitoid wasp, more...

Adjectives:
larval, female, primary, gregarious, pupal, host, important, solitary, common, tachinid, exotic



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